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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

EU faces legal action after including gas and nuclear in ‘green’ investments guide

Greenpeace activists protest outside a nuclear power plant in Normandy, France, in March last year.
Greenpeace activists protest outside a nuclear power plant in Normandy, France, in March last year. Photograph: Jeremie Jung/Greenpeace/Reuters

The European Commission is being sued by environmental campaigners over a decision to include gas and nuclear in an EU guide to “green” investments.

Two separate legal challenges are being lodged on Tuesday at the European Union’s general court in Luxembourg – one by Greenpeace and another by a coalition including Client Earth and WWF – after the classification of fuels in the so-called taxonomy, a guide for investors intended to channel billions into green technologies.

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